Electric Vehicles: Parking

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 6 May 2025.

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Photo of Perran Moon Perran Moon Labour, Camborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating parking bays for electric vehicles through traffic regulation orders.

Photo of Lilian Greenwood Lilian Greenwood Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Traffic regulation orders (TRO) can already be used to designate and enforce electric vehicle only, on-street parking bays. Their use is at the discretion of the local traffic authority.

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